Indiana Medical History Museum (Beauty Shop)

ID: 388 ~ Source: Image courtesy of Indiana Medical History Museum ~ Date: 1920s

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Indiana Medical History Museum (Beauty Shop)

The amusement hall, built in 1899, included an auditorium, bowling alleys, and a beauty shop. It was demolished in 1990 even though it was eligible for the Indiana State Register of Historic Sites and Structures.

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Indiana Medical History Museum

By Jordan B. Ryan, Indiana Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology

Early History: 1840’s-1900’s Two and a half miles west of downtown sits the site of Central State Hospital, Indiana’s first hospital for the mentally ill. The term “hospital” rather than “asylum” signaled the institution’s intent to cure patients…